The Ducks' Sheldon Souray celebrates with teammate Ryan Getzlaf after scoring against the Vancouver Canucks during the first period Saturday. RICH LAM, GETTY IMAGES

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Alexandre Burrows, right, of the Vancouver Canucks tries to check Daniel Winnik, left, of the Anaheim Ducks during the first period in Vancouver. RICH LAM, GETTY IMAGES

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Nick Bonino, left, of the Anaheim Ducks watches goalie Cory Schneider of the Vancouver Canucks make a save during the first period in Vancouver. RICH LAM, GETTY IMAGES

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Daniel Sedin #22 of the Vancouver Canucks deflects the puck on goalie Jonas Hiller of the Anaheim Ducks as Toni Lydman #32 tries to help defend on the play in the first period in Vancouver. RICH LAM, GETTY IMAGES

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Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks shoots the puck past goalie Cory Schneider of the Vancouver Canucks as Dan Hamhuis #2 looks on during the second period in Vancouver. RICH LAM, GETTY IMAGES

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Anaheim Ducks' Teemu Selanne of Finland, skates past a fan dressed in a duck costume during the pregame skate before playing the Vancouver Canucks in the season opener in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS

Anaheim Ducks' Daniel Winnik celebrates after scoring his second goal against the Vancouver Canucks during second period in Vancouver. DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Anaheim Ducks' Kyle Palmieri, right, celebrates his goal with teammates Ryan Getzlaf (15) and Corey Perry as Vancouver Canucks' Chris Higgins, left, looks on during second period in Vancouver. DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Vancouver Canucks' Jason Garrison, right, checks Anaheim Ducks' Bobby Ryan during the second period in Vancouver. DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS

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A shot by Anaheim Ducks' Teemu Selanne, gets by Vancouver Canucks' goalie Roberto Luongo as Anaheim's Corey Perry watches during the second period in Vancouver. DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Anaheim Ducks' Teemu Selanne, of Finland, celebrates after scoring his second goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the third period in Vancouver. DARRYL DYCK, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Vancouver Canucks' goalie Cory Schneider lifts up his mask after allowing a fifth goal to the Anaheim Ducks before being replaced by Roberto Luongo during second period in Vancouver. DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Vancouver Canucks' goalie Cory Schneider lifts up his mask after allowing a fifth goal to the Anaheim Ducks before being replaced by Roberto Luongo during second period in Vancouver. DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The Ducks' Teemu Selanne celebrates after scoring his second goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the third period Saturday. Selanne finished with two goals and two assists. DARRYL DYCK, AP

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Vancouver Canucks' goalie Roberto Luongo skates past a fan holding a sign during the pregame skate before playing the Anaheim Ducks in the season opener in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday. DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS

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A young fan holds up a sign as he watches the Vancouver Canucks during the pregame skate before playing the Anaheim Ducks in an NHL hockey season opener in Vancouver, British Columbia. DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – First impressions — they can only be made once.

Using an overwhelming second period surge to blow the game wide open, the Ducks scored the most goals they've ever had in a season opener in a 7-3 rout of the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night at Rogers Arena.

It was a night of tremendous debuts for newcomers Dan Winnik and Sheldon Souray, who were signed as free agents last summer. Winnik scored twice and Souray ripped a slap shot past Cory Schneider for one of the Ducks' three power-play goals.

Old favorites also did in the Canucks. Teemu Selanne scored twice and set up two goals with faceoff victories for a four-point night to match fellow graybeard Jaromir Jagr in his stellar debut for Dallas.

At 42 years, 200 days, Selanne became the oldest player to get four points in a game since Gordie Howe (42 years, 326 days) against Buffalo in 1971.

"Did he get four tonight?" Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau wondered aloud. "So him and Jagr are leading the league in scoring? What the hell is this world coming to? I think it's great.

"It's Teemu. He defies age on certain nights. A 42-year-old getting four points in an NHL game ... it's quite amazing."

Joked Selanne: "That's a surprise. Way to go, old boys."

Souray tied the score, 2-2, late in the first and then the Ducks roared past the reigning two-time Presidents' Trophy champions in the middle period. Winnik scored his second on a nice redirection to finish a tic-tac-toe play from Andrew Cogliano and Saku Koivu on a rush.

"I think it starts with the week of training camp there," Winnik said. "I thought me, Saks and Cogs were really clicking the whole time. You're getting chances there also usually transpires into games."

Corey Perry and Kyle Palmieri scored 11 seconds apart to finish off a nightmarish night for Schneider, who stopped only 9 of 14 shots in his first game as Vancouver's undisputed new No. 1 goalie.

Selanne greeted Roberto Luongo with a power-play goal to give him 249 with the man advantage for his career, pulling him into a tie for third with Phil Esposito on the NHL's all-time list.

But the winger wasn't done. Selanne blew one by Luongo in the third for his 665th goal, keeping him one behind Jagr on the all-time list.

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